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Managing Hosts in vCenter Server 11

To access the full capabilities of your hosts and to simplify the management of multiple hosts, you should

connect your hosts to a vCenter Server system.

For information on configuration management of ESXihosts, see the vSphere Networking documentation, the

vSphere Storage documentation, or the vSphere Security documentation.

The views and capabilities displayed vary depending on whether the vSphere Client is connected to a

vCenter Server system or an ESXihost. Unless indicated, the process, task, or description applies to all kinds

of vSphere Client connections.

See “Add Hosts,” on page 58 for information and instructions about adding hosts to vCenter Server.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Disconnecting and Reconnecting a Host,” on page 107

“Remove a Host from a Cluster,” on page 108

“Understanding Managed Host Removal,” on page 109

“Remove a Managed Host from vCenter Server,” on page 110

Disconnecting and Reconnecting a Host

You can disconnect and reconnect a host that is being managed by vCenter Server. Disconnecting a managed

host does not remove it from vCenter Server; it temporarily suspends all monitoring activities performed by

vCenter Server.

The managed host and its associated virtual machines remain in the vCenter Server inventory. By contrast,

removing a managed host from vCenter Server removes the managed host and all its associated virtual

machines from the vCenter Server inventory.

Disconnect a Managed Host

Use the vSphere Client to disconnect a managed host from vCenter Server.

Procedure

1 From the vSphere Client connected to a vCenter Serversystem, display the inventory and click the

managed host to disconnect.

2 Right-click the host and select Disconnect from the pop-up menu.

3 In the confirmation dialog box that appears, click Yes.

If the managed host is disconnected, the word “disconnected” is appended to the object name in

parentheses, and the object is dimmed. All associated virtual machines are similarly dimmed and labeled.

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